Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5917 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese
| Message 9 of 11 23 July 2009 at 5:24pm | IP Logged |
Yes the recordings are at normal talking speed. It's slow enough that it's clear but fast enough that it sounds natural. The first few lessons tend to be given in two versions, one slow and one normal. There isn't much of a transition from listening to Assimil-speed recordings to listening to 'real' audio.
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J-Learner Senior Member Australia Joined 6038 days ago 556 posts - 636 votes Studies: Yiddish, English* Studies: Dutch
| Message 10 of 11 26 July 2009 at 8:26am | IP Logged |
Assimil is never just one speed for the entire course. It start off slower than normal speaking speed but increases to that level. It's certainly never overly slow however.
One thing I might suggest for learning Hebrew is to analyse some of the common regular verbs. After the most common try doing the same for the second most common and so forth. Doing so will get you used to the patterns which is the real key to Hebrew or any Semitic language.
Edited by J-Learner on 26 July 2009 at 8:27am
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The Narrator Diglot Newbie Israel Joined 5611 days ago 31 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English, Modern Hebrew* Studies: German
| Message 11 of 11 27 July 2009 at 6:55pm | IP Logged |
Why don't you contact me? I'm looking for an English exchange.
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